DETAILS OF AWARDS / PARTICIPATIONS / WORKSHOPS AND COLLECTIONS STARTS FROM THE YEAR 1989 - 2008:

• MERIT CERTIFICATE IN NATIONAL CHILD ART EXHIBITIONS ORGANISED BY KENDRIYA VIDYALA NO . 1, GOLCONDA, ANDHRA PRADESH IN THE YEAR 1989 AND 1990.
• PARTICIPATED IN NATIONAL YOUTH MEET ON YOUTH AND AIDS – 1992 AT NEW DELHI ORGANISED BY SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF YOUTH AND MASSES, NEW DELHI.
• PARTICIPATED IN THE NATIONAL 10 DAYS WORKSHOP ON YOUTH AND AIDS ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE COMMONWEALTH YOUTH PROGRAMME : ASIA CENTRE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS GOVERNMENT OF INDIA IN COLLABORATION WITH THE WHO ( SOUTH EAST ASIA REGION ) HELD AT CHANDIGARH IN MARCH 1993.
• PARTICIPATED IN VIII SUB JUNIOR NATIONAL HAND BALL CHAMPIONSHIP 1991, ORGANISED BY GOA HAND BALL ASSOCIATION AT PANDIT JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU STADIUM , FATORDA GOA.
• PARTICIPATED IN YESTERDAY TODAT TOMMOROW ( AN EXHIBITION OF ARTISTS FROM CHANDIGARH ) TO CELEBRATE THE GOLDEN JUBILEE OF INDEPENDENCE OF INDIA , ORGANISED BY THE CHANDIGARH LALIT KALA ACADEMY AND CHANDIGARH ADMINISTRATION AT GOVERNMENT MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY 10, CHANDIGARH IN AUG 1997.
• FIRST AWARD IN COMPOSITION PAINTING IN ANNUAL ART SHOW ORGANISED BY GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ART IN THE YEAR 1997.
• AWARD CERTIFICATE WITH SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE DRAWING “ IN SEARCH OF PEACE” SUBMITTED FOR 50 YEARS OF ART IN INDEPENDENT INDIA ( POST INDEPENDENCE ERA ) HELD IN PUNJAB LALIT KALA ACADEMY 16, CHANDIGARH.
• AWARD CERTIFICATE FOR THE OUTSTANDING ENTRY ENTITLLED “ GAME OF JOY AND SORROW” DISPLAYED IN THE “ARTISTS UNDER 30 YEARS” AT FINE ARTS MUSEUM , PANJAB UNIVERSITY IN THE YEAR 1998.
• AMRITA SHER GILL AWARD IN COMPOSITION PAINTING DISPLAYED IN THE ANNUAL ART EXHIBITION ORGANISED BY GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ART 10, CHANDIGARH IN 1998.
• AWARD BY ALL INDIA FINE ART AND CRAFTS SOCIETY IN PAINTING EXHIBITION SUBMITTED FOR MILLENNIUM ALL INDIA ART EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIETY IN MARCH 2001.
• MORE THAN 50 SARVOTTAM AWARDS BY THE DAINIK BHASKAR GROUP OF PUBLICATIONS IN BEST NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY.
• SPECIAL AWARD IN THE ANNUAL ART EXHIBITION 2005, ORGANISED BY CHANDIAGRH LALIT KALA ACADEMY 34, CHANDIGARH
• CERTIFICATE OF MERIT TO PARTICIPATE IN “ WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY DAY CELEBRATIONS” EXHIBITION ORGANISED BY THE PUNJAB LALIT KALA ACADEMY IN SEPTEMBER – 2006.
• CERTIFICATE OF MERIT TO PARTICIPATE IN EXHIBITION – CHANDIGARH – A HERITAGE CITY HELD AT GOVERNMENT MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY CHANDIGARH IN OCTOBER 2006.
• AWARD IN PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION OF PROFESSIONAL CATEGORY AT ROSE FESTIVAL ZAKIR ROSE GARDEN IN SECTOR 16, CHANDIGARH 2007.
• BEST NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD OF THE REGION IN THE YEAR 2006 SPONSORED BY PANDIT VEER YAGYA DUTT SHARMA MEMORAIAL AWARD FOR THE EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM WAS HONOURED BY CHANDIGARH PRESS CLUB 27, CHANDIGARH .
• CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FOR THE WORLD ENVIROMENT DAY 2007 ORGANISED BY ICFAI AND THE ALFHA FOUNDATION IN JUNE 2007.
• THIRD AWARD IN PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION : ON THE THEME “ARCHITECTURE AND LIFE AT – PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT” IN THE YEAR 2007.
• KALA BHUSHAN SAMMAN BY HARYANA KALA PARISHAD CHANDIGARH TO APPRECIATE THE DEDICATION AND DEVOTION IN THE FIELD OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN OCTOBER 2007.
• BEST NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD OF THE REGION 2007 SPONSORED BY PANDIT VEER YAGYA DUTT SHARMA MEMORAIAL AWARD FOR THE EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM WAS HONOURED BY CHANDIGARH PRESS CLUB 27, CHANDIGARH .
• SECOND AWARD IN PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION IN THE PROFESSIONAL CATEGORY ORGANISED AT ZAKIR ROSE GARDEN IN SECTOR 16, CHANDIGARH 2008.
• COLLECTIONS OF ART WORKS ARE WITH GOVERNMENT MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY 10, CHANDIGARH , POSTAL DEPARTMENT CHANDIGARH AND MANY OTHER PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS AND ART BUYERS.

IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENTS COVERED BY ME DURING MY CARRER OF PHOTO JOURNALISM.

• MAJOR SNOW FALL AND LAND SLIDING IN SRINAGAR IN THE YEAR 2005, ARIEL VIEW WERE ALSO CAPTURED FROM AN – 32 INDIAN AIR FORCE AIR CRAFT .
• COVERD THE FLOODS IN KINNAUR , RAMPUR AND MANY INTERIORS OF THE HIMACHAL PRADESH INCLUDING THE RESCUE OPERATIONS BY THE INDIAN ARMY, LOCAL POLICE AND AIR FORCE WHO LIFTED MORE THAN 70 FOREIGNERS WHO WERE STUCK IN THE FLOODS.
• I HAD COVERED THE WORKING OF INDIAN ARMY AND INDIAN AIR FORCE AT THE HIGHEST BATTLE FIELD OF THE WORLD – SIACHEN / THOISE BASE CAMP – THE HIGHEST BASE CAMP WHERE IL -76 THE BIGGEST AIR CRAFT OF INDIAN AIR FORCE CAN LAND TO OPERATE DURING WAR.
• VISIT OF PRESIDENT ABDUL KALAM DURING A CEREMONIAL PARADE ORGANISED TO MARK THE PRESENTATION OF PRESIDENTS STANDARD TO THE IAF’S NO. 37 SQUADRON AND NO . 48 SQUADRAN IN BHUJ IN 2007.
• AIR SHOW 2007 TO MARK THE PRESIDENTIAL FLEET REVIEW AT AIR FORCE STATION CHANDIGARH.
• EXERCISE “CHAKRAVIEW” AT SARSAWA IN UTTAR PRADESH NOV 2006.
•  AIR SHOW AT AIR FORCE STATION CHANDIGARH IN THE YEAR 2006 MARCH.
• MRF NATIONAL SUPER CROSS CHAMPIONSHIP IN NOVEMBER 2005, AT CIRCUS GROUND IN SECTOR 17, CHANDIGARH.
• VISIT OF VICE PRESIDENT OF INDIA MR. BHAIRON SINGH SHEKHAWAT AT PANJAB UNIVERSITY CHANDIGARH IN DECEMBER 2006.
• VISIT OF THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA DR. MANMOHAN SINGH IN CHANDIGARH SEPTEMBER 2005.
• RALLY AND STONE LAYING CEREMONY FOR SIX – LANING OF NATIONAL HIGHWAY NO. 1, AT PANIPAT BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA DR. MANMOHAN SINGH.
• ELECTIONS IN PUNJAB / HARYANA / HIMACHAL PRADESH.
• SHAHEEDI JOR MELA IN 2005/06/07.
• KILA RAIPUR SPORTS FESTIVAL IN THE YEAR 2005/06/07 .
• FESTIVALS OF THE CITY LIKE ROSE FESTIVAL / SPRING FESTIVAL / CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW / CHANDIGARH CARNIVAL HAVE BEEN COVERED EVERY YEAR.
• SIAR FAIR IN ARKI NEAR SHIMLA , HIMACHAL PRADESH.
• ELECTIONS OF THE CITY MAYOR AND PANJAB UNIVERSITY ELECTIONS EVERY YEAR WERE COVERED BY ME.
• N. K . P . SALVE CHALLENGER TROPHY ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL MATCH BETWEEN INDIA – A AND INDIA – B AT PCA STADIUM MOHALI, OCTOBER 2005.
• ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL MATCH BETWEEN INDIA AND SRI LANKA AT PCA MOHALI IN OCTOBER 2005.
• T V S CUP BETWEEN INDIA AND ENGLAND AT PCA , MOHALI 2006.
• ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL DAY AND NIGHT MATCH BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN AT PCA STADIUM MOHALI IN NOVEMBER 2007.
• ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY AT PCA STADIUM MOHALI IN 2006.
• FUTURE CUP ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA IN OCTOBER 2007 AT CRICKET STADIUM 16, CHANDIGARH.
• DLF INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE MATCH IPL – SERIES OF TWENTY – 20 TOURNAMENT AT PCA STADIUM MOHALI IN THE YEAR 2008.
• ICL TWENTY – 20 CRICKET TOURNAMENT AT TAU DEVI LAL STADIUM IN PANCHKULA IN 2007.
• PHL – PREMIER HOCKEY LEAGUE AT SPORTS COMPLEX IN SECTOR 42, CHANDIGARH.
• 13 ALL INDIA A.K. MISHRA MEMORIAL BOXING MEET AT SKATING RINK IN SECTOR 10, CHANDIGARH, IN FEB 2006.
• 158 TH FOUNDERS DAY CELEBRATION AT LAWRENCE SCHOOL IN SOLAN. MR. J.J. SINGH CHIEF IF THE ARMY STAFF WAS THE CHIEF GUEST INTHAT FUNCTION.
• MANY CONCERTS BY FAMOUS TROUPE / BIG PERFORMANCES / PLAYS / EXHIBITIONS BY THE GREAT ARTISTS / SEMMINARS AND MANY OTHER ROUTINE COVERAGE WERE COVERED DURING MY EXPERIENCE OF PHOTO JOURNALISM.
• INTERNATIONAL TEST MATCH BETWEEN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA AT PCA MOHALI IN OCTOBER 2008.

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